Internet Love

'Internet Love'

'OK, checklist; The love of my whole Entire 'reality' based life waiting for me in 'little burg' China, Check!; Sell my wind powered car, Check!; Let my 200 sguare foot apartment go, Check!; Airline ticket paid for with my Entire lifes savings, Check!; Notify, by Email but so far with No reply, my honey bun 'waiting' for me at the airport, Check!; Sever all ties with former Life in Holland, Check!; Think of nothing Else but my soon to be China Flower virgin bride, Check!; Get window seat so I can watch my whole world fly by without me, Check!; Board plane, check, check, and Double check!
Man! Nobody Told me that this flight was gonna last This long! Wish they had a gym or a spa in this thing! Flying, flying, boring, boring. No money left to pay for a Movie, drank my last bottle of 'free' water, out of peanuts, my sixteen 'neighbors' in my row of seats refuse to share Anything, got up to go pee and lost my window seat! Standing in aisle for three hours waiting for someone to go to the toilet, waiting, waiting....
Plane finally pulling up the the gate, heart racing like a wild stallion, sweaty palms, stinky feet, bet my soon to be 'online' betrothed is just as excited as I am. I hope that the Five Carat diamond ring I sent her fits her little precious finger. I hope she liked the new sports car I had delivered to our new apartment. Oh joy, joy! Is That her waving at me from the window there? Hundreds of turtle slowwww people in front of me dragging their bawling children, slow, slow, slower. Can't wait to be in my Inter-Net lovers arms, no more silly time wasting Emails, no more Txting photos, well, actually only One from my sweetheart, but afterall, who's Counting.
Finally in the lobby, standing here with my weary eyes closed, lips in kissing mode, trembling arms outstreched, anticipating being wrapped in the exciting arms of my China doll. Waiting...waiting...waiting..waiting a little more...a little more..arms getting tired, gravity stronger than my tiring muscles, lips drying out, no more spit to slick'em up, getting drowsy....Hmmmmm...no more chitter-chatter of laughing, happy travelers being met by their laughing, happy friends, family, and excited lovers. Time to open my eyes, maybe she's standing right in front of me doing the same thing. Nope!  Empty. Empty room. Except for Me. Oh, I Know, she's down in the baggage claim level holding my eight bags, all my worldly belongings, waiting for me to come bounding down the escalator and fall into her faithful arms. Hmmmm...no, not Here Either.
Send her a Txt and Email. 'I'm Here my love, I'll wait for you in the baggage claim my darling Internet lover, see you real Soon, be right here, not going Anywhere, wearing the red shirt, blue pants and white shoes my mother dressed me in, right here...at the Airport, You know, in China'. Waiting...waiting....waiting....waiting some More..txting my China darling..sending Emails..battery getting weak,'Still here my love, it's been only five days now, hungry, no money, no speak the language, still no money...Starving, getting weak, and weary, lost eighty pounds already, someone stole my bags, more E-mails to my little lost bird of paradise, 'are you lost my darling, did our new car break down, have not heard from you since wayyyy before leaving Holland, hellooooo, are you there honey?'
Oh my, This is a nice hospital! Excuse me, how'd I wind up Here?? Did my long lost internet sweetheart bring me here? What a great girl! I 'knew' she'd finally arrive. Is that you my sweets? Your hands are so gentle dear. Dear? Oh, you're a Nurse! Ten Days!?? My almost lover sweetheart is Still a no-show!? Would you Pleasssse call my mommy'. ;);)

 

 

Online Dating: Boyfriend Flies to China, Waits Days at Airport

by Ed Flanagan

BEIJING — They say true loves waits — and one man who went looking for it online seemingly took that to heart.
Alexander Pieter Cirk was due to arrive back home in Holland Tuesday after reportedly spending 10 days at a Chinese airport in a failed bid to meet a woman he'd fallen for on a dating app.
Apparently frustrated by the time and distance separating the couple, the 41-year-old decided to demonstrate his affection by applying for a visa and flying around 5,000 miles to visit her.

Alexander Pieter Cirk shows a photo of the Chinese woman he met online. Li gen / Imaginechina via AP

Prior to his July 17 departure, Cirk reportedly sent the 26-year-old woman a picture of his flight details.
But thousands of miles and hours later when he landed in the Chinese city of Changsha, there was no sign of his online love.
Convinced that she would eventually come for him, Cirk decided to stay at the terminal and patiently waited for her.
Photos of him lounging around and wandering through Changsha Huanghua International Airport soon began to circulate on Chinese social media. Local news reports followed.
After 10 days, authorities reportedly took a frail-looking Cirk to a local hospital for treatment.
A spokesman for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs told NBC News Tuesday that Cirk had been hospitalized from "Friday 5:30 p.m. until [Monday] evening."

Alexander Pieter Cirk, right, receives treatment at a hospital in Changsha in China's Hunan province on Sunday. Li gen / Imaginechina via AP

The spokesman added: "We contacted him [Cirk] and his doctor when he was in the hospital and of course we've asked if he needed our assistance but he declined the offer."
Chinese and Dutch officials declined to discuss what Cirk was treated for.
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that a local TV channel eventually tracked down the woman. She expressed surprise that her online boyfriend had been waiting for her to show up. She confessed that she thought Cirk was joking about the trip.
Zhang also claimed that she was scheduled to have plastic surgery and therefore hadn't been able to respond to Cirk's messages when he arrived in China.
The woman reportedly added that she hoped to maintain her long-distance relationship with Cirk.
NBC News' Dawn Liu contributed to this report.